Import/export HS code 4411: Fibreboard made from wood or plant materials

Wood-based boards made from compressed fibers, with or without resins

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Ireland 230,687,721
Germany 134,468,281
Spain 107,032,555
Belgium 90,909,742
China 57,162,244

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 115,938,775 114,748,946 -1,189,829
Germany 67,400,873 67,067,408 -333,465
Spain 54,816,167 52,216,388 -2,599,779
Belgium 45,717,299 45,192,443 -524,856
China 24,920,942 32,241,302 +7,320,360
Poland 13,613,144 17,291,063 +3,677,919
Turkey 13,605,037 16,742,426 +3,137,389
Latvia 10,459,515 10,882,676 +423,161
France 8,564,558 8,753,439 +188,881
Austria 5,563,014 7,384,032 +1,821,018

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Ireland 194,282,047
Germany 132,206,553
Belgium 89,318,359
Spain 87,659,025
China 56,876,843

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 97,622,796 96,659,251 -963,545
Germany 67,540,630 64,665,923 -2,874,707
Belgium 45,684,591 43,633,768 -2,050,823
Spain 45,064,394 42,594,631 -2,469,763
China 25,297,089 31,579,754 +6,282,665
Poland 17,990,955 22,049,194 +4,058,239
Turkey 13,637,835 17,178,803 +3,540,968
Latvia 11,118,343 11,010,145 -108,198
Portugal 11,161,285 10,817,198 -344,087
France 6,623,831 7,168,637 +544,806

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 53
West Yorkshire 49
West Midlands 37
Greater Manchester 33
Inner London - East 33

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 39 26 -13
West Yorkshire 34 40 +6
West Midlands 25 28 +3
Greater Manchester 18 25 +7
Inner London - East 18 20 +2
Outer London - West and North West 15 26 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 23 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 15 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 16 -4
Outer London - East and North East 12 16 +4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 380,238,146
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 376,839,080
Other 46,320,376
Road transport 4,885,838
Air transport 2,673,567

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 190,485,569 189,752,577 -732,992
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 182,104,681 194,734,399 +12,629,718
Other 23,286,771 23,033,605 -253,166
Road transport 1,817,045 3,068,793 +1,251,748
Air transport 1,382,718 1,290,849 -91,869
Rail transport 57,718 0 -57,718

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 175,342,811
Immingham Docks 139,879,968
Felixstowe 58,141,532
Dover 52,569,035
Heysham 46,671,535

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Liverpool Docks 91,693,544 83,649,267 -8,044,277
Immingham Docks 76,440,025 63,439,943 -13,000,082
Felixstowe 27,994,979 30,146,553 +2,151,574
Dover 26,438,480 26,130,555 -307,925
Heysham 19,220,564 27,450,971 +8,230,407
000 23,286,771 23,033,605 -253,166
London 25,485,831 20,480,306 -5,005,525
Hull 10,626,472 20,648,693 +10,022,221
Fishguard 14,139,253 12,529,323 -1,609,930
Milford 11,904,989 13,769,464 +1,864,475

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 256
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 175
Specialised construction activities 54
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 39
Manufacture of furniture 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 160
2026-03 179
2026-02 164
2026-01 157
2025-12 132

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 262
54m+ 165
0-1m 121
15m-54m 79
Other 44

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Ireland 36,608,031
Netherlands 3,682,827
Germany 2,285,472
Belgium 1,957,874
France 1,758,214

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 19,323,549 17,284,482 -2,039,067
Netherlands 1,788,807 1,894,020 +105,213
Germany 1,312,641 972,831 -339,810
Belgium 1,000,317 957,557 -42,760
France 1,102,040 656,174 -445,866
United States 704,541 1,039,808 +335,267
Israel 36,280 748,212 +711,932
Luxembourg 0 482,450 +482,450
Spain 168,557 283,974 +115,417
Italy 145,691 167,281 +21,590

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 12,604,547
Germany 2,148,906
Ireland 1,442,631
Belgium 1,424,718
China 782,255

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 6,162,017 6,442,530 +280,513
Germany 1,188,887 960,019 -228,868
Ireland 780,034 662,597 -117,437
Belgium 868,950 555,768 -313,182
China 447,464 334,791 -112,673
Turkey 228,104 386,748 +158,644
Brazil 174,979 62,627 -112,352
Finland 146,723 76,375 -70,348
Spain 103,693 82,681 -21,012
Austria 23,091 88,414 +65,323

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 24,167,595
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,209,792
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,974,678
Air transport 1,385,766

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Other 12,212,863 11,954,732 -258,131
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,655,412 10,554,380 -2,101,032
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,355,659 2,619,019 +1,263,360
Air transport 632,802 752,964 +120,162

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
000 24,167,595
Holyhead 5,354,577
Liverpool Docks 5,314,551
Immingham Docks 4,581,704
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,535,128

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
000 12,212,863 11,954,732 -258,131
Holyhead 2,930,005 2,424,572 -505,433
Liverpool Docks 3,272,221 2,042,330 -1,229,891
Immingham Docks 1,976,608 2,605,096 +628,488
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,738,546 1,796,582 -941,964
Heysham 1,938,157 1,722,481 -215,676
Felixstowe 132,460 1,182,380 +1,049,920
London Heathrow Airport 459,701 400,511 -59,190
Southampton 164,927 570,263 +405,336
Middlesbrough 54,396 226,429 +172,033

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 4411

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Wood-based boards made from compressed fibers, with or without resins